Trainees and Scholars
Demography and Economics of Aging Training Program | Health Services Research Program | Burroughs Wellcome Fund Fellowship | MD-PhD Medicine, Social Sciences, & Humanities | Postdoctoral Program in Clinical Research Informatics (TL1)
CHeSS is proud to support over 30 trainees and scholars who are affiliated with the Center’s various training programs. Learn more about each of our trainees and scholars below.

Laura Magda, MD
Postdoctoral Fellow, Medicine, Section of Hospital Medicine, University of Chicago
lmagda2@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu
Degree(s): MD, Medical University of Lublin
Research interests: Building clinical research infrastructures within community hospitals, Social determinants of health, Social connectedness in health, Mental health and chronic illness, Implementation science, software and workflow methodology designing in clinical and translational research databases

Grey Pierce
Predoctoral Fellow, Sociology
greypierce@uchicago.edu
Degree(s): MA, University of Chicago; MS, University of Pennsylvania; BA, Oberlin College
Research Interests: Gender & Sexuality, Aging, Medicine, and Health

Tanya Rajan
Predoctoral Fellow, Economics
tanyar@uchicago.edu
Degree(s): BA, Mathematical Economic Analysis, Rice University, Houston, TX
Research Interests: Labor economics, rural-to-urban migration, household health decisions

Rebecca Anna Schut
Postdoctoral Fellow, Section of Hospital Medicine; Sociology
schutr@uchicago.edu
Degree(s): PhD, Demography and Sociology, University of Pennsylvania – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; MA, Demography, University of Pennsylvania – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; BA Health and Societies, University of Pennsylvania – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Research Interests: Medical sociology; Structural determinants of health; Population studies; Health services research; Racial stratification; Immigrant incorporation
Health Services Research Program (AHRQ T32)

Emily Claypool
Predoctoral Fellow, Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice
eclaypool@uchicago.edu
Degree(s): AM, University of Chicago; BA, University of Minnesota
Research Interests: Science and technology studies & medical anthropology to understand the nature of social scientific knowledge production and institutionalization in the interdisciplinary context of health and social service research and provision.

Abhijit Grewal
Predoctoral Fellow, Health Sciences Integrated PhD Program, Northwestern University
abhijit.grewal@northwestern.edu
Degree(s): MHA, Cornell University; BA, Wayne State
Research Interests: Healthcare quality, mental health, telehealth, AI/ML, health services, outcomes, disparities

Sae Han
Predoctoral Fellow, Health Sciences Integrated PhD Program, Northwestern University
saehan2025@u.northwestern.edu
Degree(s): JBS, Human Biology, Health, and Society, Cornell University; MPH, Columbia University
Research Interests: Intersection of public health informatics and health outcomes within the aging population.

Scott Loring
Predoctoral Fellow, Harris School of Public Policy
sloring@uchicago.edu
Degree(s): BA, University of Chicago
Research Interests: Economics of healthcare organizations, competition policy, provider care decisions

Allison Paulson
Predoctoral Fellow, Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice
apaulson@uchicago.edu
Degree(s): MPH, Epidemiology, University of Illinois at Chicago; MLA, University of Chicago; BA, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Research Interests: Access to health care; premature mortality; substance use disorders; mental health; federal and state substance use policies; primary care; health disparities; disability; Medicare; Medicaid; evidence-based practice

Lauren Peterson
Predoctoral Fellow, Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice
lapeterson@uchicago.edu
Degree(s): AM, Social Service Administration, University of Chicago; MPH, Health Policy and Management, Columbia University; BA, Public Policy, International Studies, University of North Carolina
Research Interests: Medicaid policy, access to health care and home and community based services (HCBS), disability policy, health equity, health politics, state health policy

Daniel Scott
Predoctoral Fellow, Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice
dcscott@uchicago.edu
Degree(s): MSW, Michigan State University; BA, Aquinas College
Research Interests: Value-Based Care, Policy Implementation, Community Mental Health, Diagnostic Taxonomy, Ideology, Professions/Professionalization, Economic Anthropology, Semiotics

Yalun Su
Predoctoral Fellow, Harris School of Public Policy
yalunsu@uchicago.edu
Degree(s): M.Sc., Econometrics and Mathematical Economics, London School of Economics
Research Interests: Public Economics, Health Economics, Disability Insurance, Healthcare Innovation

Richard Weinmeyer
Predoctoral Fellow, Health Sciences Integrated Program, Northwestern University
rickmw@u.northwestern.edu
Degree(s): JD, University of Minnesota; MA, University of Minnesota; MPhil, Cambridge University; BA, University of Washington
Research Interests: Public toilet availability and accessibility; public health law; public health ethics; urban health; dignity and health; property

Courtney Amegashie
2021-22 BWF Fellow, Pritzker School of Medicine
camegashie@uchicago.edu
Degree(s): BA, Washington University in St. Louis
Research Interests: Preeclampsia, patient education, healthcare disparities

Michael Boachie-Mensah
2021-22 BWF Fellow, Pritzker School of Medicine
michael.boachie-mensah@uchospitals.edu
Degree(s): BS in Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University
Research Interests: Macular degeneration, macular hole, gut microbiome applications in retinal pathology

Julian Conn Busch
2021-22 BWF Fellow, Pritzker School of Medicine
julian.connbusch@uchospitals.edu
Degree(s): BS in Physiology, Seattle Pacific University
Research Interests: Applications of machine learning and deep learning in medical diagnosis, OR-to-ICU handoff procedures

Anase Asom
2020-21 BWF Fellow, Pritzker School of Medicine
anase.asom@uchospitals.edu
Degree(s): BS in the Biological Sciences, University of Chicago
Research Interests: Hematopoietic malignancies

Paige-Ashley Campbell
2020-21 BWF Fellow, Pritzker School of Medicine
paige-ashley.campbell@uchospitals.edu
Degree(s): BS in Behavioral Neurosciences, Quinnipiac U.
Research Interests: Regenerative engineering for repair for burns, scars, and nerve injuries, health disparities

Kavia Khosla
2020-21 BWF Fellow, Pritzker School of Medicine
kavia.khosla@uchospitals.edu
Degree(s): BA in Public Health, Brown University
Research Interests: Pre-eclampsia, dysmenorrhea, adolescent gun violence prevention

Afia Khan
afia@uchicago.edu
PhD Program: Harris School of Public Policy
Research Interests: Health economics, antimicrobial resistance, social determinants of health and well-being

Joseph Krongold
jkrongold@uchicago.edu
PhD Program: Public Health Sciences- Health Services Research
Research Interests: Quality measurement, end of life care

Maya Lozinski
mayalozinski@uchicago.edu
PhD Program: Harris School of Public Policy
Research Interests: Risk adjustment, machine learning, provider decision making

Steven Server
sserver@uchicago.edu
PhD Program: Conceptual and Historical Studies of Science and History
Research Interests: Public Health & Social Medicine in 1930s Mexico

Ashley Brown
Postdoctoral Fellow, Medicine, Section of Hospital Medicine, University of Chicago
aebrown@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu
Doctoral Degree: MD, University of Central Florida-Orlando, FL
Research Interests: Post-Discharge Care for Hospitalized Patients, Patient Activation for Care Coordination

Emily Dillon
Postdoctoral Fellow, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Rush University
emily_dillon@rush.edu
Doctoral Degree: PhD, University of Dublin, Trinity College
Research Interests: Autism and related disorders, social communication (pragmatics), sex and gender differences in autism symptom presentation and predicting outcomes in clinical trials

Alaa Kassir
Postdoctoral Fellow, Medicine, Section of Emergency Medicine, University of Chicago
akassir@uchicago.edu
Doctoral Degree: MD, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
Research Interests: Emergency clinical trials and using patient-generated data to improve quality of life outcomes for patients

Krista Knudson
Postdoctoral Fellow, Nurse scientist and clinical researcher, Rush University
krista_a_knudson@rush.edu
Doctoral Degree: PhD, Yale University
Research Interests: Critical care; ECMO; patient and family experiences; long-term outcomes

Lucille Ray
Postdoctoral Fellow, Medicine, Section of Gastroenterology, Rush University
lucille_ray@rush.edu
Doctoral Degree: PhD, University of Akron, Ohio
Research Interests: Studying hormonal metabolism in the gut microbiome, expanding clinical research in hormonal metabolism and circulation in transgender hormonal replacement therapy

Mazin Sabeh
Postdoctoral Fellow, Medicine, Section of Emergency Medicine, University of Chicago
sabehmazin@gmail.com
Doctoral Degree: MD, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
Research Interests: Creating a new or improved CDR to rule out pulmonary embolus in low risk patients, 50 years and older at the Emergency Department